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Table 2 Profitability of maize enterprise

From: Profit efficiency in family-owned crop farms in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: a translog profit function approach

Variable

Mean

Std Dev

S.E

Maize profit (in Rands)

2428

1476

117.5

Area under maize cultivation (Ha)

0.70

0.98

0.08

Maize seed (kg)

16.40

21.70

1.73

Maize output (kg)

1644.65

3531

201.41

Maize fertiliser (kg)

44.91

77.04

6.15

Maize hired labour expenditure (Rands)

15,830

109.44

8.71

Labour (in days)

30.95

14.34

1.14

Yield per hectare

Irrigated

Non-irrigated

Pooled

Maize

2263.97

1824.87

1037.14

  1. Results generated from survey data